WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2007-5229 Modified

FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2: Cross-site request forgery

FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 6.4 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.4 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2
Plugin slug
feedsmith
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 05, 2007
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Oct 05, 2007 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to change settings and hijack blog feeds via a request to wp-admin/options-general.php that submits parameter values to FeedBurner_FeedSmith_Plugin.php, as demonstrated by the (1) feedburner_url and (2) feedburner_comments_url parameters.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources